Transcript LIFESTYLE_LESSON_7

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH
• INDIRECT SPEECH (also known as REPORTED
SPEECH) refers to a sentence reporting what
someone has said.
Verbs used:
say * tell
DIRECT AND INDIRECT
• DIRECT:
I speak French.
• INDIRECT:
She said, “I speak French.”
She told me she spoke French.
Other Verbs
Greet
Recommend
Answer
Respond
Ask (if)
State
Claim
Suggest
Confirm
Warn
Deny
Wonder (if)
Mention
DIRECT & INDIRECT
me * you * him * her * it * us * you * them
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She told me she won’t be joining us.
She told you it would be difficult.
He told them the gym would be open tonight.
She told us they were leaving next month.
They told him I was sick.
She told you both that we are getting married.
I told her I’m afraid of heights.
She told it to him when no one was listening.
Changes in Verb Tenses
I am...
I am hungry.
I told him I was...
I told him I was hungry.
He is...
He is impatient.
They are...
They are her students.
I play...
I play soccer.
He told her he was...
He told her he was impatient.
She told them they were...
She told them they were her
students.
He told them I played...
He told them I played soccer.
I’m ...ing
I’m lying.
They told her I was ...ing.
They told her I was lying.
Changes in Verb Tenses
I bought...
I bought a Camry.
She told you I had bought...
She told you I had bought a Camry.
I have lived...
I have lived in Brazil for 8 years.
I told them I had lived...
I told them I had lived in Brazil for 8
years.
I’ll...
I’ll sue him.
They told him I would...
They told him I would sue him.
We can...
We can postpone the meeting.
I told him we could...
I told him we could postpone the
meeting.
She must...
She must see her doctor.
She told us she had to...
She told us she had to see her doctor.
Change in Expressions
Now
Today
Here
This
This week
Tomorrow
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Then
That day
There
That
That week
The day after
THE IMPERATIVE
Keep quiet!
She told me to keep quiet.
Don’t talk to me!
He told me not to talk to her.
Come here!
They told me to go there.
QUESTIONS
She asked me if I...
am
was
is
was
are
were
play
played
played
had played
will
would
can
could
have been
had been